There's a reason why ladders have rungs

30 June 2009 2 mins read Howard Williamson Youth Work

A youth project I am associated with recently had its funding cut for its work on basic skills.

That work was certainly basic: it was conducted informally in an informal setting and produced modest, if any, accredited outcomes.

But in my view it was absolutely critical. Without it, the young people who engaged with it would never move to the next step in the process of learning, achievement and inclusion. I likened it to chopping out the first two rungs of a ladder - it is very likely that it will be impossible for the young people concerned to get high enough to access the next level of basic or vocational skills provision, even if they want to. And this is the rub.

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